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Chupkotha – All stories are not fairy tales, few tales are untold

Kolkata, August 3rd, 2018 – “When was the last time you sinned?” – the Official Trailer of Chupkotha, a Hoichoi Original Film, has this question for the audience. Hoichoi, the world’s largest digital Bengali entertainment content platform launched the trailer today in the presence of star cast Parno Mittra, Shataf Fiqar, Mainak Banerjee and director, Rick Basu in a suave dine and lounge called Zaairah at City Mall in Salt Lake. Giving chills all over and a horror story like no other, Chupkotha (literal translation “Silent Words”) has a lot to say. The film will be streaming on Hoichoi from 18th August.

The trailer gives viewers an exploration of child missing cases, several since decades, in the quiet town of Kurseong. An investigative journalist, Shivangi (Parno Mittra) lands up with the case and thus, through the trailer, we see, her series of nightmares and a horrific man called Anthony Gomes and how everything seems to be linking back to him. Will Shivangi be able to solve the crime or will she herself get entangled in the trapeze of horrors?

Watch the trailer here: bit.ly/ChupkothaTrailer

With this content, Hoichoi is marking the successful launch and run of their “Hoichoi Original Film” bouquet after experimenting with previous Originals like ‘Shrimoti Bhoyonkori’, ‘Aami vs Tumi’, ‘Laboratory’ and ‘Boomerang’.

Chupkotha, will start streaming on Hoichoi from 18th August. The story goes as follows: A phone is an instrument that connects people; sometimes beings as well. Shivangi, 28, a successful investigative journalist gets a tip about a search that will be conducted by the Kolkata Police in a house that is being closed down for almost a month. The film revolves around the missing child, the mysterious phone, the fantasy-fiction novel and the house that is filled with dark and evil secrets.

The excitement does not end here. Hoichoi is offering more content by bringing out 7 World Digital Premiere(s) of blockbuster movies on 3rd of August, namely –

1) Katmundu (Directed by Raj Chakraborty and starring Soham, Abir Chatterjee, Rudranil Ghosh, Srabanti, Mimi Chakraborty)

2) Bastushaap (Directed by Kaushik Ganguly and starring Parambrata, Raima Sen, Abir Chatterjee, Churni Ganguly)

3) Hercules (Directed by Sudeshna Roy & Abhijit Guha, starring Paoli Dam, Parambrata, Saswata Chatterjee)

4) Asche Bochor Abar Hobe (Directed by Sushanto Das starring Arjun Chakrabarty, Rittika Sen)

5) Jodi Love Dile Na Prane (Directed by Sudeshna Roy & Abhijit Guha, starring Abir Chatterjee, Tridha Choudhury, Arjun Chakrabarty, Ananya Chatterjee)

6) Hemanta (Directed by Anjan Dutt and starring Paayel Sarkar, Parambrata)

7) Michael (Directed by Satrajit Sen starring Mir, Swastika Mukherjee)

About Hoichoi:

Hoichoi is the world’s largest digital content platform exclusively for Bengalis. It showcases the best in Bengali entertainment content with new exclusive Original web series, films, shorts films every month and 500+ acquired movies. Recently, an audio-streaming feature was added which has a library of 1000+ Bengali songs for free. Founded in 2017, it is SVF New Media’s maiden venture. Hoichoi is headed by Co-Founder Vishnu Mohta who is also the Executive Director, SVF.

Apart from a vast Content Library, AD free Seamless Viewing Experience with unlimited HD video streaming and Multi-Device Capability are important features of Hoichoi. It is available for download on Android and iOS and supports viewing across all popular platforms – Mobiles, PCs, Laptops and Tablets. It is also Chromecast and AirPlay enabled and will be coming soon on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku.

Hoichoi is available for download: iOS – http://bit.ly/iTunesHCDownload and Android – http://bit.ly/AndroidHCDownload)